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#61. Two crystal spheres of diameter

are being packed in a cubic box of side length x. If the crystal spheres are placed in the box and the rest of the box is completely filled with packing powder, approximately what portion of the box is filled with packing powder?

#62. What is the sum of the first 100 terms common to the series17, 21, 25, 29, 33, 37, ...... and 16, 21, 26, 31, 36, .........?

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#68.The numbers 34041 and 32506 when divided by a certain number of three digits, leave the same remainder. What is the number?

#69. My wrist watch is slow by 5 minutes at 3 pm, on Wednesday. It was 8 minutes fast at 9.00 am on Friday. At what time did the watch show the correct time?

#70. A cistern has a leak which empties it in 8 hours. A tap is turned on which fills the cistern at the rate of 6 liters a minute, as a result, the cistern is now emptied in 12 hours. How many liters can the cistern hold?

#71. A certain basket-ball team has played

of its games and has 17 wins and 3 losses. What is the maximum number of games that the team can lose and still win at least of the total games played?

#72. A log 7 feet long is cut into three pieces, the length of the longest piece being equal to the sum of the length of the other two pieces. What is the length of each piece?

#73. Simplify:-

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Answers to #68, #69, #70, #71, #72:-

Answers to #68, #69, #70 :- All correct!Answer to #71: I get a different answer. I think it is you who have to correct your answer Please check.#72 : Okay, #72 stands corrected, as desired by JaneFairfax!#72. A log 7 meters long is cut into three pieces, the length of the longest piece being equal to the sum of the length of the other two pieces. What is the length of each piece?

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#75. Jerome invested $400 at the beginning of every month in a bank paying 8% interest per annum on recurring deposits. How much would he get at the end of 3 years?

#76. From the top of a hill 400 meters high, the angle of depression of the top and the bottom of a tower are 30° and 45°. What is the height of the tower?

#77. In an examination, the average makrs scored by the student was 50 marks. After detecting certain errors in correction and awarding marks, the marks scored by 100 students had to be reduced from 90 to 60. As a result, the average marks scored by the students came down to 45. What is the total number of students who appeared for the examination?

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